Richmond Playgrounds Feature Decors and Events
A community event at the Richmond Playground showcases 19 entries in a decorating show with top honors to Virginia Wheeler for her decorated doll carriage and Bryan Wells for originality. A Funny Hat show follows with prizes for the funniest and prettiest, plus a plan to extend the playground next week funded by recent fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Meserve
Meserve
James F
Guy Willams
Guy, Jr
Lis- Falls
Liam
Gregory
Richmond
Charles Vickers
Charles, Jr
Earl ‘Paine
Lawrence
Cof Portland
Faulkner
Kenneth
Susan
Linda
Richmond Play
Virginia Wheeler
Ward
Byran Wells
Adams
Carole Ann Watts
Marjorie Gould
Jackie Nichols Lodge
Extension Association
Hilda C. Haskell
Lewiston
Turner
Topsham
Emerson Lane Post
Raymond Libby
South Pleasant Street
Kennebec Couny
Liscoe
Clyde McFee
Social Roundup at Kennebec Point and Surroundings
Local residents and visitors gather at Kennebec Point and MacMahan Island for vacations parties and family events. Notables include Miss Beatrice Bouton Miss Elizabeth Harris Mrs Roy Newman and Mrs Clarence Hill hosting dinners and nature talks. Summer guests from Whitinsville Portland and Boston share cottages and attend lectures at Five Islands Nature Study group and the Farnsworth Art Museum exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Horne
Ethel Patterson
Ruth Patterson
Ila Bouton
Miss Bouton
Beatrice Bouton
Elizabbeth Harris
Elizabeth Harris
Roy Newman
Clarence B
League of Baptist Church
Clarence B. Hillsy
Harry Bedford
Whitinsville
Mass
West Georgetown
Elmer Palmer Land
Everett
Erick Woodruff
Kennebec Point
Boston
Five Islands
Georgetown Center
Pierce
Seguinland
Charles Nelson
Gross
Nelson Cottage
Littleriver
Maude Thayer
Priscilla Bout
Kingston
N. Y
Benjamin Riggs
Winthrop
Portland
Robinhood
Harvey Lee
Clarence
W. C. Allen
MacMahan Island
Frankey
Bath
Kinhood
Edwin Hussa
New York City
MacMahon Island
Elizabeth Thompson
Howard Fletcher
Danbury
Irving Hunt
Charles Goddard
Community Notes From North Jay Visits and Camp Stays
Mrs Gould of Camp Mich and her grandson visited Miss Annette Burney in Litchfield. Miss Grace Hatfield hosted Miss Ann Grace Hatfield on North Front Street. Paul Sherman, son of Mr and Mrs Sherman, is at the Y M C A camp in Winthrop for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cust Ester Gould
North Jay
Annette F. Burney
Litchfield
Grace Hatfield
North Front Street
Paul Sherman
Francis Sherman
Winthrop
Fire at Georgetown Home Causes Minor Damage
A fire of undetermined origin burned front door floor boards at the Reyher residence in Robinhood last week. Authorities suspect a blow torch used to strip paint from woodwork sparked the blaze but only minor damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reyher
Robinhood
Card of Thanks for Blanche P. Gibson
Acknowledgment of appreciation for kindness time flowers talents at the passing and funeral services of Blanche P. Gibson in Five Islands Maine. Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moore express thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche P. Gibson
Five Islands
Maine
William Stewart
Walter Moore
Michigan State Coach Fendley Collins Undefeated Start
Michigan State wrestling coach Fendley Collins remained undefeated through his undergraduate career at Oklahoma A&M, building a record of dominance in collegiate competition and establishing a strong early profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State
Fendley Collins
Oklahoma A, & M
Community notices mix club meetings and gatherings
The Ladies Auxiliary and Community Club held meetings at the Library and Three Acres for a covered dish supper with many members and prospective members present. Numerous visitors and relatives arrive for cottage stays and weekend visits, with prayers, travels, and hospitality noted across Bath, Maine communities.
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The
Library Association
Library
Felix Salimoni
Three Acres
N. J. Hasenfus
Heyer
Morganville
King’s College
Laware
Byrle Gow
Galion
Mrs L Forest Wyman Dies In Bath Tuesday
Lillian Gertrude Wyman 42 wife of L Forest Wyman of Bath died Tuesday morning at Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born April 20 1910 in Bath she lived there all her life. She worked at Woolworth and later was bookkeeper for Hall Hunt Jewelry. Survived by husband two step daughters parents five sisters one brother an aunt and uncle and many nieces and nephews. Services set for Thursday at Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Hodgkins. Friends may call Tuesday and Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Gibson
Jack Gibson
Bath Memorial Hospital
Library Association
Baptist Church
Five Islands
O. F. Rowe
Malden Island
Marlene Pinkham
Parker Start
Melrose
Mass
Marr Cottage
Francis Pierce
New Jersey
Tommy Burgess
Vernon E. Gray
Elaine Stevens
Linda
Susan Chaney
Vernal Chan
Melvin Comeau
Comeau
F. Wilbur Hagan
Hagan
Norway
Alice Galvin
Woolwich
Edmund Ford
Bath
Timothy C. Maney
Norman Norton
Georgia Watson
Boston
Harold A. Rowe, Jr
Ogunquit
Marion L. Stevens
Exeter
N. H
J. G. Stevens
Olson
Pittsburgh
Worrell Cottage
Joseph Larkin
Marr House
George Young and
Camden
Young
Barbara’ Jean Pratt
Kenneth Smith
Kittery
Victor Pinkham
Robert Harrington
Beverly
Pleasant Villa
John Staffeld
Hartford
George Nichols
Diana and
Frances Barter
Herman Barter
Kenneth LaRose
Lillian Gertrude Wyman
L. Forest Wyman
Memorial Hospital
Charles and
Jennie (Pushard) Oliver
Woolworth
Hall & Hunt
Marie Wyman
Charles Oliver
Lawrence
Jennie Oliver
Andrew Hart
Clarence Oliver
Lloyd Coombs
James Sproul
Andrew Stewart
Philip Oliver
Arthur King
Henry Pushard
Washington,bd.c
Hartley Lilly
Dresden
Curtis Funeral Home
Washington Street
Death of Mrs Ade laide Rea Worcester in Pasadena
Bath born Adelaide Rea Worcester died July 18 in Pasadena California. She was daughter of John Pierpont Rea and Mary Morse Rea, grew up in Bath, moved to California. Survived by son Herbert M Worcester Jr daughter Margaret W Lyon and three grandchildren. Service conducted by B Wayne Jaquith at Chapel of the Good Shepherd Pasadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Pasadena
Calif
Adelaide Rea Worcester
Boston
John Pierpont
Mary (Morse) Rea
California
Herbert M. Worcester, Jr
Margaret W. Lyon
West Coast
Karcher Jackson
B. Wayne Jaquith
Chapel of the Good Shepherd
Second Bath Playground Talent Show Friday at Community Center
The Bath Playgrounds hold the second talent show Friday afternoon at two at the Community Center with all playgrounds represented. Three winners from each group will receive ribbons for first second and third. Final winners after August 15 will be chosen from those who competed. Mrs. Vivian Brown visits her daughter at Popham Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bay Point Drought Saps Wells and Social Notes
The Bay Point column reports a severe drought drying wells and forcing lockups. It lists residents and visitors from Bath, Boston, Somerville, Auburn, and Brunswick, with gatherings at cottages and homes. The Bay Point Village Corporation annual meeting was postponed for lack of a quorum, delaying a planned Improvement Association special meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Powers
Bath
Powers Cottage
Bay Point
Improvement Association
Abe Hicken First Lightweight Boxing Champion
Abe Hicken is recorded as the first lightweight boxing champion of American lifting with a reign from 1868 to 1872 when he retired.
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Abe Hicken
Switzerland Builds Merchant Fleet Despite Landlocked Status
A landlocked nation, Switzerland, has developed a growing merchant fleet that sails global seas. The expansion shows the country leveraging maritime trade despite lacking any ocean port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Drowned five-year-old Kinney body found in Kennebec River
Addison W. Kinney, son of Mr and Mrs James Kinney of East Brunswick, was found Friday afternoon floating in the Kennebec River about a mile above Berry boat landing. John M Howe of Bath Iron Works spotted the body half way between Bath and Woolwich, near Upper Washington street. Kinney last seen on a float off Commercial Street near Summer Street where his father worked on a boat. Despite diving, grappling and searches by sheriff deputies and the Coast Guard, no earlier sign of him had been found. Roman Catholic committal rites set for four this afternoon at Calvary Cemetery in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Foster
Bath
Arthur Maxwell
Fern Perry
George Gates
Arrowsie
Natt Howe
Louisa Howard
William Adams
Thomas Hagan
Earl Rouse
Boston
Nathaniel Hasenfus
Barbara
Marie
Paul
Adams
Swift Cottage
Norman Swift
Deborah
William Strong
Ann
Brooksville
John Conley
Somerville
Mass
Conley
Josephine Conley
George Renaud
George Smith
Gertrude
L. Smith
Winnifred Briggs
Susan Briggs
Farr
Five Islands
Richard Hagan
Howard O. Nash
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Eugene Butterfield
Upper Washington Street
Henry M. Powers
Maine Maritime Academy
Addison W. Kinney
James Kinney
Brunswick
Kennebec River
Berry
John M. Howe
Bath Iron Works
Woolwich
Calvary Cemetery
Obituary: Harry S. Hosmer of Bath and Brunswick
Harry S. Hosmer, born August 13, 1871 in Phippsburg, died Thursday at Brunswick hospital. He ran a Bath jewelry shop, retired three years ago, and lived with a Brunswick daughter. Survived by two sons, two daughters, four grandchildren, a niece and nephew. Funeral Saturday at Laws Funeral Home Brunswick, burial in Ashdale cemetery Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Hosmer
Bath
Brunswick Hospital
Phippsburg
George W. and
Mary (Lowell) Hosmer
Brunswick
Hosmer
Front Street
Small Point Parish
Ashdale
Temple Arthur Leonard Temple 71 dies in Bath
Arthur Leonard Temple 71 of Bath died Tuesday morning at Memorial hospital. Born September 2, 1881 in Bath, he was a mason and lifelong resident. Survived by wife Celista, two daughters Eva Alexander and Shirley Temple, stepdaughter Erma Campesi, three sons Raymond Avon and Arthur Jr., two sisters Laura Casey and Julia Rand, one brother Albert Temple, seven grandchildren. Funeral arrangements announced with services Thursday at Curtis Funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Leonard Temple
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Charles Temple
Court Street
Raymond
Avon
Arthur, Jr
Laura Casey
Waltham
Mass
Julia Rand
Massachusetts
Albert Temple
Augusta
Curtis
Home, 942 Waeeten with Rev. Charles R. Sims
Home bound notice lists address 942 Waeeten and Rev. Charles R. Sims of the First Baptist Church in a visitation or care update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waeeten
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Ch ‘ Diating
Addison W Kinney Drowned In Kennebec River
Addison W Kinney five son of James and Mc Dougal Kinney of wick drowned in Kennebec river Tuesday ning body found Friday afternoon He born Bath Sept 28 1946 Survived by parents two brothers Arthur and James of East Brunswick two half sisters Jenna and Judith of Calais grandmothers Mrs Jessie J Lee of Portland and Mrs Marcella McDougal of Bath several aunts uncles and cousins Relatives and friends gathered at Mayo funeral residence at 345 services at Calvary cemetery ay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison W. Kinney
James
McDougal) Kinney
Wick
Kennebec
Bath
Arthur
East Brunswick
Jenna
Judith
Calais
Jessie J. Lee
Portland
Marcella McDougal
Mayo
Calvary Cemetery
Toay
Blanche T Gibson dies at 85 widow of John J Gibson
Blanche T Gibson 85 widow of John J Gibson of Five Islands died at Memorial Hospital Thursday after a period of failing health. Born January 12 1867 in Georgetown she was daughter of George and Sarah Snowman. She lived most of her life in Georgetown and is survived by five nieces Mrs Mary Moore of Hallowell and Mrs Maude Stewart of Five Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche T. Gibson
John J. Gibson
Five
Georgetown
George and
Sarah (Hagan) Snowman
Funeral for Mrs Josephine LeBel at St Marys Church
Funeral services were held Saturday morning at eight oclock from St Mary's Catholic church for Mrs Josephine LeBel. Rev J Belfontaine sang the mass. Bearers were Gilbert Arsenault Frank Bushey Stanley Gereau Manuel Gallant Victor Devoe and Clifton White. Burial was in the family lot at Calvary Cemetery with Rev Carrier conducting the committal at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Lebel
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Rev
J Belfontaine
Gilbert Arsenault
Frank Bushey
Stanley Gereau
Manuel Gallant
Victor Devoe
Clifton White
Calvary Cemetery
Rev. Carrier
Charles E Shepard 77 Dies After Long Illness
Charles E Shepard 77 died Wednesday after a long illness. He lived with his son Charles in Dover New Hampshire. Born October 19 1874 he was son of John and Aberlaid French Shepard. He worked as a boss hardwood finisher at BIW and later janitor at Bath post office and Bath National Bank. He belonged to Wesley Methodist church. Survived by three sons Ernest of Fairfield Herman and Charles of Bath a sister Mrs Clifton E Morong of Cape Elizabeth eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Shepard
Ham
Charles
Dover
N. H
John
Aberlaid
French Shepard
BIW
Bath
Bath National Bank
Wesley Methodist Church
Ernest
Fairfield
Herman
Clifton E. Morong
Cape Elizabeth
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche P Gibson
Funeral services for Mrs Blanche P Gibson were held Friday afternoon at two from the Five H Pinkham and L Pinkham. Burial followed in the family lot at Five Islands cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche P. Gibson
H. Pinkham
L. Pinkham
Five Islands
Rev and Mrs James L Grant to join Bath church pastorate
Rev. and Mrs. James L. Grant with two children of Canaan Conn will arrive Thursday to reside in Bath as the new Grace Episcopal church pastor and will stay with Mr and Mrs Arthur Sewalld on Washington Street before moving into the rectory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Grant
Canaan
Conn
Bath
Grant
Grace Episcopal Church
Arthur Sewalld
Washington Street
Mrs Moulton Returns Home After Bath and Boothbay Visit
Mrs Charles D Moulton returns to East Orange New Jersey after a Bath visit with William S Newell and a visit to Boothbay Harbor to see her nephew John R Newell president of Bath Iron Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Moulton
East Orange
N. J
Bath
William S. Newell
Boothbay Harbor
John R. Newell
The
Bath Iron Works
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Alexander Road
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William Vieira
Pleasant Street
Lawrence Bond, Jr
Harold Caswell
Roger Gibbs
Jackson Wallace
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Bangor
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Cortland
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Mary Gardiner
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Milford
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Summer University School of Education
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Korea
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Michael Bond
Martha Bowen
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Gunnell
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Stoneham
Warren Todd
Todd
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Gardiner
Dorothy Oliver
William A. Todd
Wiscasset
Walter Cunningham
Hazel Gay
Harriet E. Worrell
Newman
Miss Worrell
Daniel Bliss
Warren
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Chester Dalrymple
Middle Dyke Farm
Dalrymple
Dale
Oscar Crabtree Eyrnle
Olaf Hanson
Martha Martins
Frank Corson
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George Philips
Nat Hasenfus
Philip Brooks
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Judith Roche
West Roxbury
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Newton
Harmon’s Harbor
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Effie Smith
Winnifred
Winn Farr
Merrymeeting
Adelaide
R. Worcester
Vivian Brown
Weeks Street
Donald N. Small
Mr. Small
Popham Beach
Marius H. Page
Kennebec Greenhouses
Tel. Res
Donald T. Page
Woolwich Shores
Phippsburg and Bath
Arthur L. Temple
Arthur F. Mayo & Son
High Street
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